The Edgar Awards have been noticed by The Wall Street Journal, whose article yesterday, Mystery Rules at Edgar Awards listed the nominees for this year's award for best mystery writing. The paper noted that women dominated the nominees for the Best First Novel by an American Author category. The Edgar Awards announced the winners:Best Novel:
by John Hart (Minotaur Books) was the winner. It tells the story of the abduction of a twelve year old girl and the attempts by her twin brother and a police detective to find the culprit, after a second child has been kidnapped. A lot of deadly secrets are uncovered in the town. Other nominees:
The Missing (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Tim GautreauxThe Odds
by Kathleen George The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A Novel
by Charlie Huston 
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett A Beautiful Place to Die
by Malla Nunn Best First Novel By An American Author:
by Stefanie Pintoff (Minotaur Books) won in this category. A former New York City policeman investigates the murder of a brilliant Columbia mathematics graduate student. A student of criminology tries to take over the investigation, saying he knows who the culprit is. The novel is set in the early 1900s.Other nominees:
The Girl She Used to Be
by David Cristofano Starvation Lake
by Bryan GruleyThe Weight of Silence
by Heather GudenkaufA Bad Day for Sorry
by Sophie Littlefield Black Water Rising
by Attica Locke Best Paperback Original:
Body Blows: A Joe Grundy Mystery (Castle Street Mysteries)
by Marc Strange (Dundurn Press - Castle Street Mysteries) is the winner.Other nominees:
Bury Me Deep
by Megan Abbott Havana Lunar
by Robert Arellano The Lord God Bird
by Russell Hill The Herring-Seller's Apprentice
by L.C. Tyler Best Critical/Biographical:
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives, edited by Otto Penzler (Little, Brown and Company) won in this category. Other nominees:
Talking About Detective Fiction 
by P.D. James
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
by Lisa Rogak
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by P.D. James Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
by Lisa Rogak 
by Joan Schenkar The Stephen King Illustrated Companion
by Bev Vincent The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
is a book I'd love to read. 
These all sound like such interesting reads. If only there were more hours in the day to read.
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Wow - I haven't read a single one of these! I really have to find more time for reading :)
ReplyDeleteOh no, more books to add to my already teetering to read pile! Thanks for posting this. Some of these sound really great.
ReplyDeleteI feel like such a loser because I'm only familiar with one book from that entire list!!! I need to get out more huh?
ReplyDeleteStaci: these books are new to me too and obviously good reads for mytery lovers! I've only heard of Nemesis, and it's on my list!
ReplyDeleteFirst I have heard of the Edgar Awards. It's an interesting way to receive some top critics' picks. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOh, you whet my appetite! I love the Edgar Awards, and now I have a whole list to choose from for the coming summer thanks to you!
ReplyDeleteI love The Edgars! The Last Child did win for best novel, which I have waiting to read. And In The Shadow of Gotham won for Best First Novel By an American Author, which I had never heard of and am patiently waiting for it to arrive in paperback mid May!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I also couldn't resist posting about The Edgars either!
Have a great week!